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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Celebrating Pongal with books

Any festival is a reason to celebrate, and Pongal happens to be one of the important ones. Here is the kolam welcoming you to our home....

This year, the festival has brought along an unexpected deluge of books, and what better way to celebrate than read!! It all began with a temple visit which got so delayed that the temple closed! With nothing better to do, we ended up at a book store, and ended up coming home with a bagful of books for Samhith!!

With so many books for him, could I be far behind? Here are mine.... two different genres, two completely different kinds of books, but I am eager to read both!

The first book Bala Saraswati, is part of Blogadda's book review program, and I need to read it soon so that I can review it. The second, The Reluctant Detective, is the first novel of Blogger Kiran Manral, whom I met during the Lavasa Women's Rally. I am eager to read it, for this is the first time I am getting to read a book by a person I actually know!!!

So now you know what I am going to be doing for the next few days, so if you don't see any posts here, please excuse me, for my nose will be buried deep inside one of these books!

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Hi Anu, wishing you a Happy PONGAL. The welcoming Kolam is lovely..... so traditional. I didn't know Kiran Manral had published a novel. I have read both her blogs... 36 and counting and Karmic Kids where she blogs about her son. wud luv to read her book.. thanks for sharing this info.

So how do i start...from your Kolam i can make out..you are a Tamilian. And yet what fully agree..what better way to celebrate than read..we do this at our place during New Year.Happy Pongal to you and your family.